Progressive Rock

“Yes is now in its 45th year, and we’ve obviously done a lot of work over that period of time. The albums are all like children really. I don’t really favor one over the other, they’ve all got little gems of musicality and lyrics, it’s hard to single out any particular one.” – Chris Squire discussing the new Yes box set

The collection features the band’s first 12 albums over a course of 13 CDs, including The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Relayer, Going for the One and the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans, all of which were originally released through Atlantic Records.

In 1971, [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Yes[/lastfm] added a new member, synthesizer wizard [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Rick Wakeman[/lastfm], whose facility with electronic keyboards was more appropriate to the band’s aspirations than the piano and organ of founding keyboard player [lastfm […]